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Govt unveils Bt600 bn EEC projects
In what is seen as a economic roadshow before Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha’s high-profile trip to Europe later this month, the government said yesterday (June 7) it was accelerating six key investment projects worth Bt600 billion in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC).Keep reading ...
Wichit Chaitrong
Germany grants Bt690m, will work with Thailand on climate-change projects
Germany has granted Bt690 million for a four-year climate change programme intended to help Thailand achieve its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change.The German government together with the Thai government celebrated the launch of the Thai-German Climate Programme last Monday ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
Solar Surge Threatens Hydro Future on Mekong
Thousands of megawatts of wind and solar energy contracts in the Mekong region of Southeast Asia have been signed, seriously challenging the financial viability of major hydropower projects on the river, an energy expert told a water conference last week.Buoyed by a recent Thai government ...
VOA Khmer
Axing of energy licences rubbished
The Waste to Energy Trade Association (WETA), a body under the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI), has denounced policymakers for curbing the development of waste-to-energy projects, saying alternative energy sources are the key to reaching the government’s goals of low emissions and energy independence.Keep reading ...
Yuthana Praiwan